Hosea 8:10

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

Cross-reference

2 Kings 15:19 Historical context

2 Kings 15:19 shows Menahem paying tribute to Assyria — illustrating the 'mighty king' oppression Hosea warns about.

2 Kings 15:20 Historical context

2 Kings 15:20 details the heavy taxation — the economic 'wasting away' that Hosea describes under the mighty king.

2 Kings 17:3 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 17:3 records Shalmaneser of Assyria oppressing Hoshea — the historical fulfillment of Hosea's prophecy of Israel being gathered under a foreign king.

Ezekiel 23:22-26 details the mob and mutilation against Oholibah — a fuller picture of the 'mighty king' oppression Hosea predicts.

Ezekiel 16:33 compares Jerusalem to a prostitute who pays lovers, not receives — mirroring Hosea's image of Israel hiring allies.

Ezekiel 23:9 delivers Oholah to her Assyrian lovers — directly illustrating the 'mighty king' oppression Hosea foretells.

1 Chronicles 5:26 Prophetic fulfillment

1 Chronicles 5:26 recounts Tiglath-Pileser's exile of Transjordan tribes — another fulfillment of God gathering Israel through Assyrian kings.

Ezekiel 16:37 shows God gathering Jerusalem's lovers to expose her — the same divine assembly for judgment as Hosea's gathering for oppression.

Ezekiel 23:46 commands a mob to terrorize and plunder — the same divine gathering for destruction Hosea announces.

2 Chronicles 12:8 describes Israel serving foreign kings as discipline — the same pattern of God using nations to humble His people as in Hosea.

Isaiah 10:8 Parallel

Isaiah 10:8 quotes Assyria's boast 'Are not my commanders all kings?' — echoing the 'king of princes' title in Hosea, showing Assyria's arrogance.